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Quest for Banded Birds: The Next Generation of American Oystercatchers

— Follow the life of an oystercatcher banded on Champagne Island in Cape May County, NJ in 2007 when it was just a chick.

Quest for Banded Birds: A Wintering Piping Plover

— This banded Piping Plover is part of the endangered Great Lakes population, which consists of around 70 breeding pairs and their offspring. During 2014, it wintered at Rich Inlet.

Quest for Banded Birds: An Opportunistic Least Tern

— Meet a Least Tern banded as an adult on Cape Lookout National Seashore in the summer of 2010. It later reappeared on the south end of Wrightsville Beach.

Quest for Banded Birds: A Long Journey for a Tern and its Fledgling

— A banded Sandwich Tern was spotted at the south end of Wrightsville Beach. Learn how banding birds like this supports bird conservation science .

Join the Search for Pink-Banded Piping Plovers

— We’re asking you to help search for pink-flagged Piping Plovers.

Show Birds Some Love on Valentine’s Weekend

— As Valentine’s Weekend approaches, birders everywhere are showing a love of birds by counting during the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).

Christmas Bird Count Returns to Yancey County After 60 Years

— Learn how local birders revived the annual tradition of the Christmas Bird Count in Yancey County.

115 Years and Counting, Volunteers Get Ready for Audubon Christmas Bird Count

— Data Collected During the Citizen Science event helped Shape Audubon’s Landmark Study on Climate Change

115 Years and Counting: It’s Time for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count

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You don’t have to be a researcher to support bird conservation across our state. You just have to love birds!

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